The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to close down three of its jumbo COVID Care Centres.
This development comes at a time when the Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope dismissed the possibility of the fourth wave looking at the current situation.
It has also come to light that the civic body will keep six such centres on standby for precautionary measures, as the possibility of a fourth wave is not ruled out yet.
According to data revealed by the BMC, the civic body will be shutting down the Goregaon (NESCO), Kanjurmarg and Dahisar Check Naka centres. The medicines and equipment from these will be utilised at the BMC's 16 upgraded hospitals.
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This also came as reports stated that there are only 43 COVID patients admitted to hospital currently, with hardly any patients at the jumbo centres.
Though, the IIT Kanpur has predicted a fourth wave in July, which may peak in September. However, it will be milder than the third wave and won’t have any impact on the public health system or necessitate lockdowns, expects the BMC administration.
For those unversed, the state government, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the BMC together built the jumbo COVID-19 centres across the city to cope with the shortage of beds when COVID infections were at their peak in March 2020. These centres have successfully handled all three waves of the pandemic so far.
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